--- / --- / --- / u12 / u14    End Zone.  2 rectangle end zones that the ball stops in to score.  Even teams + a neutral. Can limit to X touches.  On score, reverse direction.

--- / --- / u10 / u12 / u14    Land Sea Land. 3 zones, Zone 1 tries to pass to 3 through defensive zone 2 players.  A single zone 2 player is also in 1 and 3.  Giveaway team becomes zone 2.

--- / --- / u10 / u12     Possession rectangle.  Large rectangle with 2 neutrals on either end of long side.  2 teams in middle.  Get ball from one neutral to other.  On possession change D & O middle players swap roles.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Crab soccer - 1 dribbler runs through zones of crab defenders.  This slows defense down developing offensive confidence.

--- / u8 / u10 / u12    3 on 1 attack - 1 defender 3 attackers passing and shooting on goal.  Through/support/change field passing.

u6 / u8    / --- / ---     Shield drill - Pairs of players take turns shielding from one another.

u6 / u8    / --- / ---    Explode - Dribbling around a central point, call explode, players sprint with ball to touchlines and back to center.

--- / u8 / u10 / u12    Goal kick set plays - Goalie passes square to defender who kicks it up line to mid.

--- / u8 / u10 / u12    Centering kicks - Start at wing, give and go with center, dribble down touch line, cross back to center.  Add a defender.

--- / u8 / u10 / u12    Overlaps in attacking 3'rd - Start at wing, pass to center, wing overlaps, center passes back to wing for a shot on goal.

u6 / u8    / u10 / ---    Cone dribbling - Provide gates that players must dribble through using various skills.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Circle passing - SHOWS YOUNG KIDS THE IMPORTANCE OF PASSING.  Coach is in middle of small circle, kids can't keep away, make circle huge, kids succeed.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Skills dribbling - The team moves from one end to the other with various dribbling techniques, even foot skills.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Shooting technique - Lunge towards ball and load foot / swing and follow through onto the kicking foot / move for rebound and find next target.

--- / --- / u10 / ---    Grid keep away - 3 v 1 on grid lines, maintaining a triangle for passing options.

u6 / u8 / u10 / u12    1st to the ball - 1 v 1   Both players start on opposite posts. Coach kicks ball clear. 1'st to win ball is O otherwise D.  Add that a certain skill must be used before a shot.  Add that loosing player sits down.

--- / --- / u10 / u12    3v3 Plus 3.  3 teams of 3.  2 of those teams are O.  When 1 D team wins ball they become O and whatever team gave ball away is new D.

--- / --- / u10 / u12    N v N with field perimeter players as passing helpers.

--- / u8 / u10 / u12    Goalie training - Shuffle back and forth while players take 5 shots.

u6 / u8    / u10 / u12    Sharks and minnows - Shark coach defenders tackle the ball of all players.  Add pressure as necessary.

--- / u8    / --- / ---    Buddy passing - each player receives the ball from and passes the ball to a specific teammate in groups of N players moving around the field.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Corner kicks - kicker raises hand, players starting at 18 begin runs.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    All vs All, keep your ball while kicking away everyone else's.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    First touch towards your target (either passing, turning, receiving ball to shoot)

--- / u8    / --- / ---    Gate passing obstacle course - the person receiving a ball through the gate can't move, the original passer runs ahead. Swap every gate.

u6 / u8 / --- / ---    "Bank robbery" - All balls in middle circle, 2 different teams starting on opposite touch lines, on GO all players bring back as many balls to their line as possible.

u6 / u8 / --- / ---    "Big bear" - 2 safe areas opposite end of the space that players must run between while the coach tries to tag - captured players are then also taggers.

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Red light green light (honk means sit down, gass up in a designated area, etc)

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Simon Says (various moves and dribbling styles - outside of foot only, etc)

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Treasure - dribble across the 18 evading coaches, pick up cones on other side and come back

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Shooting technique (soccer hop & load, strike, follow through)

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Goal kick set plays - side of 18, up sideline or to center

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Corner kick set plays (hand up to signal)

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Ball bump - Pair players.  P1 dribbles the ball, P2 tries to throw (with hands) and knock P1's ball away for 1 point.

u6 / u8 / --- / ---     Egg hung - 2 teams, 2 baskets, all balls in middle of field.  Whichever team gets the most wins.

u6 / u8 / u10 / ---    Last Man Out - One less ball than num of players.  Get and keep a ball to win.  (Musical chairs with balls)

u6 / u8 / --- / ---    Sharks & Minnows 2: 1/2 team O, 1/2 team D.  O tries to dribble past D.  O's loose ball become D's.

u6 / u8 / u10 / ---    Cross Court - 2 lines of players running at and past each other.  Introduce cones in the middle to add a challenge.

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Puddle Soccer - 4 'houses' , X 'puddles' which are 3 cone triangles.  Run between puddles until thunder, then race to a house.

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Ball Knockdown - 4 short cones w/ ball on top across end line, players accurately pass to knock balls off at mid line.

u6 / --- / --- / ---    Ghostbusters - Cones spread out (ghosts) a defender is ghost keeper.  Players are ghostbusters dribbling around and touching a cone w/o keeper kicking the ball away.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Narrowing defense gauntlet - 3 or 4 coaches in a line that players must get through, set between 2 lines of cones that narrow the farther you go.  Coaches apply medium pressure, encouraging players to fight to get past them.

u6 / u8 / u10 / ---    Pirates of the PUG - 1 PUG in a circle of diameter appropriate for num of players.  N players have a ball, 2 pirates do not.  If pirate steels a ball and can score on the PUG, the person who lost the ball becomes a pirate.  Continue until no players have a ball.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    World Cup - Inside the penalty box, set up 4 groups of 3 players in alternate jersys with a goalkeeper in a full size goal. Each team plays at the same time against the other teams. The team to score sits out for the remainder of that round and advances to the next round. The last team to score in each round is out of the tournament.

u6 / u8 / u10 / ---    Soccer Gauntlet - Make a grid approximately 20x15 yard. Instruct one defender to stand inside the grid without a ball. The remaining players will start on the end line with a ball.  All of the attacking players dribble at speed to the other side line avoiding the defender. If the defender wins the ball and kicks the ball out of the grid, that attacker becomes an additional defender (without a ball) on the next series.

u6 / u8 / u10 / ---    Wall Pass Circle - Many people around the outside of the center circle.  2 or 3 running around the inside using the outer people to wall pass as they move around the circle.  Add cones as defenders if appropriate.

u6 / u8 / u10 / ---    Cone cuts - Zigzag between evenly placed cones.  More advanced foot skills used:  "Push -> drag -> outside cut" onto the next cone.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Overlaps: 2 players take turns overlapping up the field.  Use cones to mark the spots that the next pass should go to.

--- / u8 / u10 / ---    Penetration passing: Players are spaced 15 yards apart in a line up the field.  Back player passes to the next who traps, turns, passes to the next.

--- / u8 / u10 / u12    Break aways: Straight up 1v1 with the goalie.  Enforce when it's time to shoot between 18 and 6 and not to dribble too close.  Shoot side net.

--- / --- / u10 / u12   Coast-to-coast : One large rectangle with 2 target players on either end.  Teams retain possession moving the ball to each targe player.